A Kid's Guide to Puerto Rico

by Jack L. Roberts, Michael Owens

A Kid’s Guide to Puerto Rico is a fun and colorful way to introduce young readers (ages 9-12) to this U.S. territory and its 3.4 million American citizens. The book is part of a series from Curious Kids Press about countries and cultures around the world. Designed primarily for recreational, high-interest reading, the informational text series is also a great resource for students to use to research geography topics or writing assignments.

26 pages, Paperback

Published November 6, 2017

About the author

Jack L Roberts is a longtime editor and nonfiction book author for young readers, ages 9-14. As an editor he has worked at both Sesame Workshop on the TV show "The Electric Company" and for 21 years at Scholastic Inc. He has written numerous biographies and other nonfiction titles for Scholastic, Lerner Publishing Group, Benchmark Education, among others. More recently, he launched Curious Kids Press, an educational publishing company focusing on informational texts for young readers. "A Kid's Guide to..." and "PlanetKids" are two nonfiction series that provide an exciting adventure for young readers into fascinating countries and cultures around the world.

Reviews

[Benjamin J Kieran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent kid’s guide for PR

Covers a lot of aspects of PR in a few pages - definitely recommended for kids visiting the island. Wish it had covered a few other things like Viejo San Juan, Arecibo observatory, and parts of the center of the island like Orocovis.